Mine Water Resources of the Anthracite Coal Fields of Eastern Pennsylvania In partnership with the following major contributors and Technical Committee Organizations represented: The United States Geological Survey, PA Water Science Center Roger J. Hornberger, P.G., LLC (posthumously) Susquehanna River Basin Commission Dauphin County Conservation District Ian C. Palmer-Researcher PA Department of Environmental Protection-- Bureau of Abandoned Mine Reclamation, Bureau of Deep Mine Safety, & Pottsville District Mining Office MINE WATER RESOURCES OF THE ANTHRACITE REGION OF PENNSYLVANIA Foreword: Dedication to Roger J. Hornberger, P.G. (Robert E. Hughes) PART 1. Mine Water of the Anthracite Region Chapter 1. Introduction to the Anthracite Coal Region (Robert E. Hughes, Michael A. Hewitt, and Roger J. Hornberger, P.G.) Chapter 2. Geology of the Anthracite Coal Region (Robert E. Hughes, Roger J. Hornberger, P.G., Caroline M. Loop, Keith B.C. Brady, P.G., Nathan A. Houtz, P.G.) Chapter 3. Colliery Development in the Anthracite Coal Fields (Robert E. Hughes, Roger J. Hornberger, P.G., David L. Williams, Daniel J. Koury and Keith A. Laslow, P.G.) Chapter 4. A Geospatial Approach to Mapping the Anthracite Coal Fields (Michael A. Hewitt, Robert E. Hughes & Maynard L. (Mike) Dunn, Jr., P.G.) Chapter 5. The Development and Demise of Major Mining in the Northern Anthracite Coal Field (Robert E. Hughes, Roger J. Hornberger, P.G., and Michael A. Hewitt) Chapter 6. The Development of Mining and Mine Drainage Tunnels of the Eastern Middle Anthracite Coal Field (Robert E. Hughes, Michael A. Hewitt, Jerrald Hollowell. P.G., Keith A. Laslow, P.G., and Roger J. Hornberger, P.G.) Chapter 7. Environmental Resource Economics of Mine Water (Robert E. Hughes and Jonathan M. Dietz, Ph.D.) PART 2. The Western Middle Anthracite Coal Field Chapter 1. The Development of Mining, Mine Drainage, Tunnels, & Multi-Colliery Hydrologic Units of the Western Middle Anthracite Coal Field (Robert E. Hughes, Roger J. Hornberger, P.G., Michael A. Hewitt, and Jim Andrews, P.G.) Chapter 2. Mine Drainage Discharges and Boreholes of the Western Middle Anthracite Coal Field (Robert E. Hughes, Roger J. Hornberger, P.G., Mike A. Hewitt, Ian C. Palmer, Jim Andrews, P.G., Daniel J. Koury, and Todd Wood, P.E.) Chapter 3. Volume 1- Mine Pool Hydrology in the Eastern Half of the Western Middle Anthracite Coal Field (Schuylkill County): Colliery, Basin(s), Pool(s), Borehole(s), Barrier(s), Discharge(s), Water-filled Pit(s) (Michael A. Hewitt, Robert E. Hughes, Jim Andrews, P.G., Roger J. Hornberger, P.G.) PART 3. Water Budgets & Groundwater Volumes for Abandoned Underground Mines in the Western Middle Anthracite Coalfield, Schuylkill, Columbia, & Northumberland Counties, PA—Preliminary Estimates with Identification of Data Needs ( Daniel J. Goode, Charles A. Cravotta III, Roger J. Hornberger, P.G., Michael A. Hewitt, Robert E. Hughes, Daniel J. Koury, and Lee W. Eicholtz) PART 4. The Southern Anthracite Coal Field Chapter 1. The Development of Mining, Mine Drainage, Tunnels, Shafts, & Multi-Colliery Hydrologic Units of the Southern Anthracite Coal Field (Robert E. Hughes, Roger J. Hornberger, P.G., Michael A. Hewitt, and Jim Andrews, P.G.,) Chapter 2. Mine Drainage Discharges and Shafts of the Southern Anthracite Coal Field (Robert E. Hughes, Roger J. Hornberger, P.G., Mike A. Hewitt, Ian C. Palmer, Jim Andrews, P.G., Daniel J. Koury, and Todd Wood, P.E.) Chapter 3. Volume 2- Mine Pool Hydrology in the Southern Anthracite Coal Field (Schuylkill and Dauphin County): Colliery, Basin(s), Pool(s), Borehole(s), Barrier(s), Discharge(s), Water-filled Pit(s) (Michael A. Hewitt, Robert E. Hughes, Jim Andrews, P.G., and Roger J. Hornberger, P.G.) Conclusions Appendix A. Figures, Plates, Tables, Graphs, and Maps (Robert E. Hughes, Michael A. Hewitt, and Roger J. Hornberger, P.G.) Appendix B. Notes of Mine Map Evaluation (Roger J. Hornberger, P.G.) Appendix C. EPCAMR Mine Drainage Water Quality Samples Inventory Database (Michael A. Hewitt, Robert E. Hughes, & Ian C. Palmer) Appendix D. Core Log of Southern Anthracite Coal Stratigraphy (William Bragonier and Roger J. Hornberger, P.G.) Appendix E. Western Middle Anthracite Coal Field Borehole Data Charts (1982-2003) (Mike A. Hewitt, Robert E. Hughes, & PA DEP Bureau of Abandoned Mine Reclamation) Appendix F. Southern Anthracite Coal Field Shaft Data Charts (1975-1982) (Mike A. Hewitt, Robert E. Hughes, & PA DEP Bureau of Abandoned Mine Reclamation) Page | 1 Foreword: Dedication to Roger James Hornberger EPCAMR would like to dedicate this series of Reports on the subject of Mine Water Resources in the Anthracite Region of Pennsylvania to Roger J. Hornberger, P.G., who passed away on March 19, 2010 at his home. He was a son of the late James W. and Olive R. Ryland Hornberger. Roger was born on December 9, 1950 in Pottsville, PA and lived at home in Schuylkill Haven. He was a graduate of Schuylkill Haven High School Class of 1968. He was a member of Jerusalem Lutheran Church, Schuylkill Haven, Schuylkill Country Club for many years, Tremont Clubsters and the Schuylkill Haven Golf League. Roger was a member of the Army National Guard for 22 years in Schuylkill County with the Red Horse Division. Surviving are his aunt, Grace Koble, Schuylkill Haven; his uncle, Calvin Hornberger, Cressona; and many cousins. Roger was the epitome of an honorable gentleman who served his nation and this Commonwealth with dignity, a passion for the environment, and honor. He always had a smile on his face, was very soft spoken, yet spoke with zeal and confidence about PA’s environment, particularly related to mining, and went about performing his duties with dedication and in the greatest level of detail. Personally, Roger had been a mentor for me ever since I was an intern with the PA Department of Environmental Protection in the early Page | 2 90s, through the time that I had become the Executive Director of the Eastern PA Coalition for Abandoned Mine Reclamation (EPCAMR), nearly fifteen years ago. He was the one man that took the time to teach myself, and my co-worker, Michael A. Hewitt, as much information that he could about mine water resources in Pennsylvania throughout our young careers until his passing. Mike and I have enjoyed many lunches with Roger and Dan Koury, yet another disciple of Roger’s from the Pottsville District Mining Office, reviews of underground mine maps, meetings with our technical team partners, teaching sessions where we just absorbed every word that came out of his mouth whether it was on a mining tour, at a Conference presentation, or in each other’s Office reviewing and having very complicated discussions on the hydrogeological complexities of Anthracite mining geology and the recent advent of EPCAMR’s use of 3-dimensional mapping technologies to once again daylight the underground mining resources for the public to gain an even better understanding of just what lies beneath our feet. I would call him a genius and someone who, we had the privilege of knowing personally, as a friend and a colleague that allowed us to absorb his institutional knowledge of mining and become very knowledgeable on the subject matter ourselves. Roger did pioneering research into the impacts of abandoned mine drainage on aquatic life and water uses and helped develop groundbreaking policies and technologies to remediate mine drainage and abandoned mines that EPCAMR is just one of many organizations that are following in his footsteps. Roger was the original visionary for the development of this project in partnership with EPCAMR, USGS, the PA DEP, PA DEP BAMR, SRBC, collaborating County Conservation Districts, PA DEP Deep Mine Safety, and other colleagues throughout the Anthracite Region. Roger’s extensive knowledge of PA’s geology, mining history, water quality and geo-chemistry, had by far, made him one of our greatest experts in the field of abandoned mine reclamation, mine drainage abatement, mine drainage remediation, remining, predicting AMD, coal ash reclamation, underground mining, and most importantly, the topic of underground mine pools. EPCAMR would be remiss if we did not highlight some of Roger’s greatest accomplishments to contributing as a public servant within the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and as a pioneer in the field of mine water resources. Roger’s professional experience first began when he received his Bachelor’s of Science in Landscape Architecture in 1972. He was a Research Assistant, with the Institute for Research on Land and Water Resources at The Pennsylvania State University from September 1974 to August of 1975, where he began early on to compile date on social, economical, and environmental effects of highway construction for use in Page | 3 Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs) on a multi-disciplinary research team that provided him with the qualities and level of detail that he carried with him for the remainder of his professional career. Roger then became a Project Assistant, in the Department of Landscape Architecture at The Pennsylvania State University from 1973-1976. At this time during his early career, he continued on as a Research Assistant on various projects involving landscape architectural, geological, and ecological aspects of highway construction, surface mining, and other land use developments. Roger then went back to the Institute for Research on Land and Water Resources at The Pennsylvania State University, once again as a Research Assistant from July 1976 to November 1978 working on a project funded by the U.S. Department of the Interior to evaluate stratigraphic and hydrogeologic aspects of variations in abandoned mine drainage (AMD) pollution associated with bituminous coal mines in western Pennsylvania. From November 1978 to May 1979, Roger went on to become a Geologist Trainee, with the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources, in the Bureau of Water Quality Management where he was employed as a Geologist on a team project funded by the U.S.